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Does anyone else think that these aircraft, along with old US and HP ones and the new combined livery, will just serve to confuse everyone? One airline could (and surely will, if these liveries come to fruition) have at least seven liveries flying round at once... Not even Airtours/MyTravel or Britannia have managed that I think!

Awesome! I think that is a really great idea, and as mentioned in other posts I wish more airlines would do this. I will be very stoked if we get to see one of these at YVR in the future! If anyone reading the form has any official means pass this on to AC - it would be great to see aircraft in the schemes of Canadian, CP Air, Wardair, Pacific Western, transair, Nordair, or EPA again!

I don't see anything wrong with having 1 regular and 10 special aircraft out there.. I mean, with over 350+ in their fleet.. it would be a definite plus to see one of the retro PSA, Piedmont, Alleghany, America West #1, America West #2, MetroJet, USAir #1, USAir #2, USAirways #1, Mohawk aircraft show up at your gate.. with dedicated crew that dressed in retro uniforms.. sounds good to me...

Quoting DCA-ROCguy (Reply 27):Also, the planes should have the original titles, and just put "US Airways" in small letters below the cheatline somewhere.

As an airliner fan I would agree with you, but from a business perspective I can see why they want to emphasize the "US Airways".... not having having it in a prominent place on the fuselage would confuse most of the flying public.

I think everyone is taking this the wrong way.. They are only doing 1 aircraft in each livery.. not a quarter of the fleet in each.. much as WN has the state flag livery.. and HP had their state liveries.. US is doing the same.. I think it is brilliant.. and everyone flying on the aircraft will know it is USAiways.. cause it is still prominant on the aircraft.. But why not paint the retro schemes on their E70.. that would be very... cute.

With the exception of America West's colors, I think they all look a little awkward on the A320. In my opinion, they should use 757s for the retro schemes since they make any livery look great! But I'm still thrilled to see that all the predecessor airlines are getting some recognition.

Quoting Mainliner (Reply 35):In my opinion, they should use 757s for the retro schemes since they make any livery look great!

Good call. If you're going to do it, which I still think is a bad idea from a brand management perspective, than the 757's always seem to be the best aircraft to do it on. Which raises a good question: will the 757's in America West's fleet keep their theme colors, or will they all be assimilated?

Gawd, I hope that the new US Airways paints as many A319's and A320's in the PSA retro scheme as possible. I'm sure that will bring a smile to old-time passengers who remember old PSA as these special-livery planes ply the routes between LAS/PHX and California destinations.

As an old Piedmont person...gotta say I'm delighted to see the revival of all of the old colors that will make up the new US Airways. All of those airlines brought a unique character and make-up to the table.

It's a shame that the people who orchestrated the previous mergers of US, PSA and Piedmont didn't recognize the positive attributes of each one of those carriers and then integrate them into what will soon to be the old US Airways.

Kudos to America West for recognizing those qualities. I wish them much success!

So, are we gonna start seperate A.Net threads for each specially-painted aircraft, like the Peter Max thread(s)?

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Quoting Mainliner (Reply 35):With the exception of America West's colors, I think they all look a little awkward on the A320. In my opinion, they should use 757s for the retro schemes since they make any livery look great!

Hopefully the ones that used to fly the 737 Classics in particular like PSA will find a retro PSA scheme on them - and use them even on some of the old similar routes - now that would be brilliant.

I think a World Cup 2006 Germany US Airways could be in order too since they have flights to Munich and Frankfurt! At least an official logo on the A330's making the runs for next summer!